Mid-century
modern ranch houses on Monticello Avenue in Durham, North Carolina. As the
trees have grown large and thick in this neighborhood, these ranches
have taken on a natural, organic feel within their setting that is not
normally associated with this housing style.
The photo was taken in December of 2013 with
a Nikon FTn Photomic 35 mm SLR equipped with a 50 mm f/1.4 Nikkor-S.C.
Auto lens on Ilford FP4+ film. The negative was enlarged optically with a
Beseler 23CIIXL enlarger and a 50 mm f/2.8 Schneider Componon-S lens on Ilford Multigrade
Classic FB Double Weight Fiber Base silver gelatin photo
paper. Processing was done archivally using Kodak chemistry, with a
final toning with Kodak Rapid Selenium Toner, treated with hypo clearing
agent, and washed in an archival washer.